Trace elements in Pleurotus sajor-caju cultivated on chemithermomechanical pulp for bio-bleaching

Assessment of heavy metals in some wild edible mushrooms collected from Yunnan Province, China

“…These values were well below the FDA recommended daily intake of chromium for foods and feeds, which is 120 mg/kg (Haider et al 2004). Chromium values in mushroom samples have been reported to be in the ranges: 7.0-11.0 mg/kg (Sivrikaya et al 2002), 0.87-2.66 mg/kg (Tüzen 2003), 0.16-4.86 mg/kg (Malinowska et al 2004), 1.2-4.2 mg/kg (Mendil et al 2004), 0.34-1.10 mg/kg (Soylak et al 2005), and 1.95-73.8 mg/kg (Yamaç et al 2007), respectively. Our chromium contents were found to be higher than those reported earlier.…”

Effect of Different Saw Dust Substrates on the Growth and Yield of Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus)

“…Furthermore, the use of these residues in bioprocesses may be one of the solutions to bioconversion of inedible biomass residues into nutritious protein rich food in the form of edible mushrooms [21]. Apart from food value, its medicinal value for diabetics and in cancer therapy has been emphasized [22]. Many of mushrooms pose a range of metabolites of intense interest to pharmaceutical e.g.…”

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF Cu AND Zn CONCENTRATIONS IN BLACK TRUMPETS (CRATERELLUS CORNUCOPIOIDE). ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT

“…Copper concentrations, accumulated in mushroom species, are usually 100 -300 μg g -1 , which is not considered a health risk [30][31][32][33]. These levels are above the WHO permissible limits in foods, which is 40 μg g -1 [19,37,38]. Copper contents of mushroom samples in the literature have been reported to be in the ranges: 4.71 -51.0 μg g (Sesli et al, 2008), respectively [1][2][3][4][5][6][7].…”